Santo Pipo

Open highway, Entre Rios starts in the desolate swampy expanse of the lower Rio Parana, and rises to stands of eucalyptus and pine, planted in straight endless rows, mile upon mile. At some point well south of Posadas, the truck traffic fell off, presumably crossing over to Brazil.













Entering the department of Misiones, the alternating expanses of pasture, timber stands and scrub yields to a lovely rolling verdant hills, a world apart.














Stopped by a Mate cooperative in Santo Pipo, to ask for a tour, but it is just at the shift change, and so the mill was down. This truck is loaded with cured mate, headed into the mill.